The rosewood finish is so beautiful you may be reluctant to strike them together and mar them but the wood is hard and the finish impervious to dings. Experiment with placement to find the crisp, cutting tone you want.

These babies are beautiful, oh, and the sound is great too! Very well made, great resonance and I can get various timbres out of them. They are so nice to look at that sometimes I'm afraid to play with the chance of ruining them, but they hold their own!